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James Madison pulls first 12-5 upset of March Madness by knocking off Wisconsin 72-61 03/23/2024 01:47am • NEW YORK (AP) ��� James Madison announced itself by beating a Big Ten team to start this season. When the Dukes did it again to start their NCAA Tournament, they made sure everybody knew: ���It's not an upset,��� Xavier Brown yelled, popping his jersey in the middle of the celebration with teamma Today in History: March 23, ���Titanic��� wins record-tying 11 Oscars 03/23/2024 12:00am • Today in History Today is Saturday, March 23, the 83rd day of 2024. There are 283 days left in the year. Today���s Highlight in History: On March 23, 1998, ���Titanic��� tied an Academy Awards record by winning 11 Oscars, including best picture, best director for James Cameron and best original son 'I will not feed a demon': YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse case rooted in religious extremism 03/22/2024 11:55pm • SALT LAKE CITY (AP) ��� The malnourished and badly bruised son of a parenting advice YouTuber politely asks a neighbor to take him to the nearest police station in newly released video from the day his mother and her business partner were arrested on child abuse charges in southern Utah. The 12-year Vermont leading scorer TJ Long helped off court after injuring right leg late in NCAA loss to Duke 03/22/2024 11:14pm • NEW YORK (AP) ��� Vermont guard TJ Long injured his right leg late in the Catamounts' first-round NCAA Tournament loss to Duke and had to be helped off the court. Long, the team's leading scorer, grabbed a long pass and was in the clear to go up for an easy layup. But when he landed on his right leg Texas school bus with over 40 pre-K students struck by cement truck, killing 2, authorities say 03/22/2024 10:31pm • BASTROP, Texas (AP) ��� A cement truck veered into a school bus carrying more than 40 pre-K students returning from a field trip to a Texas zoo Friday, killing a boy on the bus and a man in another vehicle, authorities said. Officials said the bus rolled over on the highway in the rural outskirts of Heavy-smoking West Virginia becomes the 12th state to ban lighting up in cars with kids present 03/22/2024 08:24pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia, which has the highest rate of adult cigarette use in the nation, became the 12th state to ban smoking in vehicles with children present under a bill signed by Republican Gov. Jim Justice on Friday. But violators can only be fined up to $25 if they���re pulle Shortage, soaring cost of child care causing some parents to reconsider DC living 03/22/2024 08:15pm • The District has a sweeping shortage of quality child care centers ��� and once parents do find a spot for their infants and toddlers, enrollment often comes with a hefty price tag. That dilemma is causing some parents to rethink living in D.C. A new survey by nonprofit Under 3 DC ��� a group tha Hundreds of thousands of financial aid applications need to be fixed after latest calculation error 03/22/2024 07:47pm • WASHINGTON (AP) ��� The U.S. Education Department said it has discovered a calculation error in hundreds of thousands of student financial aid applications sent to colleges this month and will need to reprocess them ��� a blunder that follows a series of others and threatens further delays to this y West Virginia governor signs vague law allowing teachers to answer questions about origin of life 03/22/2024 06:18pm • CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) ��� West Virginia Republican Gov. Jim Justice signed a law Friday that supporters say promotes the free exchange of ideas in science classrooms, despite objections from opponents who said the vaguely worded measure could allow for the incursion of religion into public schools. Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner say lack of police reform is frustrating 03/22/2024 06:17pm • MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) ��� Relatives of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd and Eric Garner ��� three Black men killed in violent confrontations with police officers ��� expressed frustration Friday with politicians who have failed to pass police reform legislation or have worked to invalidate laws intended to Georgia bill would give utility regulators extra years in office without facing voters 03/22/2024 06:13pm • ATLANTA (AP) ��� Georgia's Public Service Commission is an elected body that's gone years without having elections because of a redistricting lawsuit. Anticipating that a court will order elections to resume, Georgia lawmakers now want to add an extra two years to the six-year terms of commissioners Wyoming governor vetoes abortion restrictions, signs transgender medical care ban for minors 03/22/2024 05:49pm • CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) ��� Wyoming's governor on Friday vetoed a bill that would have erected significant barriers to abortion, should it remain legal in the state, and signed legislation banning gender-affirming care for minors. The abortion bill rejected by Gov. Mark Gordon, a Republican, would have Nike's new England men's soccer shirt is causing a stir with its recolored flag 03/22/2024 04:52pm • LONDON (AP) ��� England's new men's soccer team shirt is causing a bit of a stir. It's not just the price that's vexing some. The decision by Nike to change the color of the St. George���s Cross on the shirt from the traditional red and white has even prompted the prime minister and the man who is Prosecutors charge a South Carolina man with carjacking and the killing of a New Mexico officer 03/22/2024 04:14pm • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) ��� A South Carolina man has been charged with two federal counts stemming from the killing of a New Mexico state police officer, federal and state prosecutors announced Friday. An unsealed criminal complaint charges Jaremy Smith, 33, with two counts: carjacking resulting in d Amid drama around Formula 1, FIA president issues letter to membership defending his leadership 03/22/2024 02:54pm • The head of Formula 1's governing body has issued a passionate defense of his leadership, claiming a pair of whistleblower complaints against him were meant to ���destabilize me as President of the FIA, but also of questioning the integrity of our respected organization.��� In a letter sent to FIA m